C M Narayanswamy v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
WP No. 3743 of 2025 (CS-EL/M), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 13-02-2025 by K.S. Hemalekha, J. 104 petitioners challenged exclusion of their names from the final voter list (Annexure-C) for the 09.02.2025 election to Primary Co Operative Agricultural & Rural Development Bank Ltd., Gudibande Taluk, alleging breach of Rule 13(D)(2-A) of the Karnataka Co-Operative Societies Rules, 1960; respondent No.3 conceded non-compliance. Following H.S. Raju v. State of Karnataka, 2022 (4) AKR 775, the petition was disposed of: Returning Officer directed to count the petitioners' votes, keep them in a separate sealed box and announce results; voting eligibility left open to a Section 70(2)(c) dispute under the Karnataka Co-Operative Societies Act framework. Keywords: co-operative society election; voter list exclusion; mandamus; counting of votes; interim order; sealed box; election dispute.